Bridle attachment



D. BRIGG LE BRIDLE ATTACHMENT June 1 1926.

Filed August 14.

Patented June 1, 1926.

UNITED STATES DANIEL BBIGGLE, OF BLOOMDALE, OHIO.

. I BRIIDLE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed August 14, 1925. Serial No. 50,290. I

. a This invention relates to bridle attachments for use in driving hard mouthed horses. k

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient device of'this character which may be easily applied to or removed from an ordinary bridle and which when in use will operate to force the bridle bit up against the ro'of'of the horses mouth so that he may be more easily controlled than with the ordinary bit.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthat changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the in vention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a horses head with this improved bridle attachment shown applied;

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 2 2 ofFigure4;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the attachment detachedwith the strap which is used in connection therewith omitted; and

Figure 4 is a front elevation thereof with the strap omitted.

In the embodiment illustrated the usual bit ring 1 is shown to which the bridle rein 2 is connected and with which the check rein 3 is ordinarily connected, the check rein in this instance being connected with the attachment as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The attachment constituting the invention comprises a substantially inverted U- shaped metal member 10, the free ends of the legs of which are flattenedas shown at 11 and said ends bent to fonnhooks 12 which are designed to be engaged with the bit ring 1. A cross bar 13 has bifurcated ends 14 which straddle the flat portions of the legs or" the member 10 as is shown clearly in Figures 3 and 4 whereby said bar is guided in its movement relative to said member. This bar 13 has an upwardly bowed portion 15 intermediate its ends which is designed to fit over the rounded eye-portion 4 of the bridlebit when the deexerted on the bit.

vice is employed, said bar being yieldably held engaged therewith by means of a coiled spring'lG which is located between the bar 13 and another bar 17 arranged between'the legs of the member 10 ata point spaced inwardly from its terminal preferably about midway the length of said legs as is shown clearly in Figure 4. This coiledspring operates to hold the bar 13 engaged with the bit and the hooks 12 are engaged with the ring 1 on either side of said bit eye 4 where by the device is securely but detachably connected with the bit.

7 A stud 18 extends rearwardly from the cross bar 13 and operates'as a guide for the coiled spring 16.

A roller 19 is journaled between the legs of the member 10in rear of the cross bar 17 and spaced from said bar a suflicient dis tance to permit a strap 20 tomove freely between them. Thislroller 19 may be composed of any suitable material and permits the free sliding of the strap 20 in the member 10. This strap 20 is provided at one end with a buckle 21 which connects it with the cheek strap 50f the bridle and at fit) its other end has a ring 22 with which the snap hook 6 of the check rein 3 is designed to be engaged, as is shown clearly in Fig ure 1. y

lVhen the attachment is applied as shown in Figure 1, the pull exertedby the check rein will operate to force the bridle bit into the roof of the horses mouth and further pull exerted on the reins 2 will more forcibly cause it to engage with the roof and thus'cause it to assist injcontrolling fractious or hard mouthed horses.

When it is not desired to use this controlling device it may be readily removed from the bridle by simply disengaging the hooks 12 from the rin engaging buckle 21 from the cheek strap.

This detachability of this device adapts the bridle to be used either with or without it, it not being necessary when driving horses 1 and unsnapping, thecheck reins from the ring 22 and dishaving tender mouths and which are easily controlled.

It is of course understood that one of these attachments is applied to each side of the bridle so that a uniform pressure will be I claim a bit and bit rings forming a part thereof, straps having means at the ends thereof adapted for connection with the cheek straps of the bridle and with the check reins, and connectors carried by said straps provided with means to engage the bit rings on the opposite sides of said bit.

2. A device of the class described 6.0mprising a substantially U-shaped member having inturned hooks at the free ends thereof, a spring projected cross bar slidable on the legs of said member toward and away from said hooks for clainpingly connecting between it and the hooks the device to Which it is to be connected, a roller mounted in said member, and a strap extended around said roller and having means at its opposite ends for connection one with the cheek strap of a bridle and the other with a check rein.

3. A device of the class described comprising an inverted U-shaped member having inturned hooks at its free ends, a bar slidable on said ends, a coiled spring mounted to project said bar to elampingly connectv the device with a bridle bit ring disposed between the bar and the hooks, a roller mounted between the legs of said memb r, a St ap pas ng r s d roller provided at its ends with means for connection respectively with a bridle cheek strap and a check rein,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afi ixed my signature.

DANIEL BBIGGLE. 

